11 Facts About Reed Malone

Reed Malone was born on April 3,1995 and is a former American competition swimmer who competes in the freestyle events.

Reed Malone has won a total of four medals in a major international competition, two golds, one silver, and one bronze, spanning the World Championships and the Summer Universiade.

Reed Malone remains among USC's all-time top 10 in the 100y, 200y, and 500y free-style.

Reed Malone first established himself into the world swimming scene at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea, where he produced a tally of three medals, two golds and one bronze.

Fresh off his illustrious triumph in the 200 m freestyle, Reed Malone came back later in the session to complete an epic double with a bronze-winning time of 3:50.13 in the 400 m freestyle.

Swimming the second leg, Reed Malone recorded a fastest split of the race in 1:47.06 to pull off a commanding lead for the Americans with a final time of 7:10.82.

At the 2016 Olympic Trials, Reed Malone finished 10th in the 400 free and 15th in the 200 free.

Reed Malone graduated from USC in 2018 and moved to New York City to work at the Late Show with Stephen Colbert for a brief retirement before returning to the pool late 2018.

Reed Malone began training again with Wildcat Aquatics at Northwestern University and made his professional debut at the Tyr Pro Swim Series in Des Moines, placing 4th overall in the 400m freestyle and 10th in the 200m, qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Trials in both events.

In fall 2019, Reed Malone began training with Team Elite Aquatics in San Diego, California in preparation for the 2020 Olympics.

Reed Malone is in technology sales as a Sales Development Representative for the fast-growing software company Watershed.